Brementowne Mall

Brementowne Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Tinley Park, Illinois. Developed by Jack Jacobs & Company, the project was conceived as a local shopping center with two principal anchor stores and a collection of smaller retailers. Construction began in 1972, and the mall officially opened on November 15, 1973, with approximately 20 stores. Dominick's and Walgreens were the opening-day anchors, giving the center a combination of grocery, pharmacy, and general neighborhood-shopping functions. The mall added another major anchor when Gately's opened a 120,000-square-foot department store in May 1975. Gately's expansion strengthened the center's role in the local retail market and helped provide the conventional department-store presence expected of an enclosed mall during the period. The property nevertheless faced weakening conditions in the following decade. Dominick's closed during the mid-1980s, and the subsequent use of its former space is not clearly documented. By the early 1990s, Brementowne Mall was reportedly in severe decline, reflecting the loss of major tenants and the changing competitive environment for enclosed shopping centers. Gately's closed in 1994, and that closure effectively ended the mall's interior retail operation. Rather than continuing as a traditional enclosed mall, the property was redeveloped into larger-format uses. Menards opened in the former interior and Gately's space on April 17, 1994, while the former Dominick's space was converted for use by the Amish Furniture Shoppe. Brementowne Mall is therefore best understood as a defunct local shopping-center brand whose physical site survived through adaptive reuse rather than continued operation as an enclosed mall. Publicly available reference material documents the mall's development, opening anchors, later department-store addition, decline, and 1994 conversion, but does not establish a current owner, a surviving corporate brand, or a continuing mall operation.

Brementowne Mall was developed in Tinley Park, Illinois, by Jack Jacobs & Company. Groundbreaking took place in 1972 for an enclosed shopping mall planned around two principal anchors. The center opened officially on November 15, 1973, with roughly 20 stores. Dominick's and Walgreens were the original anchor tenants, giving the property a mix of grocery and pharmacy services alongside smaller retailers. The mall expanded its anchor presence in May 1975, when Gately's opened a 120,000-square-foot department store. This addition made Brementowne Mall more closely resemble the standard suburban enclosed-mall format of the era, combining everyday-needs retail with a large general-merchandise tenant. The center later experienced tenant losses. Dominick's closed in the mid-1980s, although the available historical account does not identify a confirmed replacement for its space during the mall's remaining life. By the early 1990s, Brementowne Mall was described as being in serious decline. Gately's closed in 1994, and its departure brought the enclosed interior retail operation to an end. The property was then adapted to larger-format retail use. Menards opened on April 17, 1994, in the mall's interior and former Gately's space. The former Dominick's area was redeveloped for the Amish Furniture Shoppe. These changes transformed the site from an enclosed multi-tenant shopping mall into a collection of replacement retail uses. The historical record identifies Brementowne Mall as defunct and does not provide reliable information about a current mall operator, owner, website, or corporate successor.

• 1994

  Enclosed mall operation ends

  [1]Brementowne Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Gately's closed, ending the interior portion of Brementowne Mall. The site was redeveloped for Menards and the Amish Furniture Shoppe.

• 1980

  Dominick's closes

  [1]Brementowne Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Dominick's left the mall during the mid-1980s; the exact closure year is not specified in the available source.

• 1975

  Gately's becomes a major anchor

  [1]Brementowne Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Gately's opened a 120,000-square-foot store at the mall in May.

• 1973

  Official grand opening

  [1]Brementowne Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Brementowne Mall opened on November 15 with approximately 20 stores and Dominick's and Walgreens as its opening anchors.

• 1972

  Construction begins

  [1]Brementowne Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Ground was broken for the enclosed Brementowne Mall project in Tinley Park, Illinois.

A neighborhood enclosed shopping mall serving Tinley Park and nearby communities through grocery, pharmacy, department-store, and specialty retail tenants.

• Grocery anchor · 1973

  Dominick's

  Dominick's was one of Brementowne Mall's two opening-day anchors. Its grocery operation provided the center with a recurring everyday-needs customer base. The store closed during the mid-1980s, and the available historical account does not confirm how its space was used before the later Amish Furniture Shoppe redevelopment.

• Pharmacy anchor · 1973

  Walgreens

  Walgreens was an opening-day anchor at Brementowne Mall. Its pharmacy and convenience-oriented retail offer complemented the grocery and department-store tenants that formed the mall's original commercial mix.

• Department store · 1975

  Gately's

  Gately's opened a 120,000-square-foot department store at Brementowne Mall in May 1975. It served as the center's principal large-format department-store anchor until its closure in 1994, which coincided with the end of the mall's enclosed interior operation.

• Home-improvement retail · 1994

  Menards

  Menards opened on April 17, 1994, in the mall's interior and former Gately's space. Its arrival represented the conversion of the former enclosed-mall area into a large-format retail use rather than a continuation of the original mall concept.

• Furniture retail · 1994

  Amish Furniture Shoppe

  The former Dominick's space was redeveloped for the Amish Furniture Shoppe after the mall's decline. The available source identifies the use but provides no further detail about its operating history.

• 1994

  Redevelopment from enclosed mall to large-format retailStrategy

  Background

  By the early 1990s, Brementowne Mall was in decline, and the 1994 closure of Gately's ended the interior portion of the property.

  Action taken

  The former interior and Gately's space was converted for Menards, while the former Dominick's space was redeveloped for the Amish Furniture Shoppe.

  Aftermath

  The site continued in replacement retail uses, but Brementowne Mall no longer operated as an enclosed shopping mall.

  Source

• 1994

  Mall interior converted following Gately's closure[1]Brementowne Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  The closure of Gately's ended the interior portion of the mall. The former Gately's area was subsequently redeveloped for Menards, which opened there on April 17, 1994.

• 1975

  Gately's adds a 120,000-square-foot anchor store[1]Brementowne Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  Gately's opened a large department-store location at Brementowne Mall in May 1975, expanding the center's anchor lineup.

• 1973

  Brementowne Mall opens with approximately 20 stores[1]Brementowne Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Brementowne Mall held its official grand opening in Tinley Park on November 15, 1973. Dominick's and Walgreens served as opening-day anchors.

1. 1Brementowne Mallen.wikipedia.org